Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Noel Harris

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Noel Harris
Title:Lieutenant Colonel
First name:Thomas
Middle name(s):Noel
Surname:Harris
Year elected:1823
Last year on list:1828
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Thomas Noel Harris (1783-1860), later Colonel Sir Thomas Noel Harris KCH was with Wellington in the Peninsula, at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, and at Waterloo, where he was wounded in the chest and his right arm, which was subsequently amputated. He recovered and in 1817 was given an annual pension of £200 for his injuries. In 1814 he was made a Knight of the Royal Order of Military Merit of Prussia and of the Imperial Orders of St. Vladimir and of St. Anne of Russia. In 1830 he was made a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Order. In 1832 he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General in Ireland and in 1834 he became the Chief Magistrate of Gibraltar. In 1840 he was made a Groom of the Privy Chamber to Queen Victoria and in 1841 he was knighted for a second time. In 1855 he was appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Kent. There is a memorial to him in the Church of St. Lawrence, Ramsgate which states that he 'served and bled for his country'.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Charming Molly Schooner 1823 1828  

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